Suppose you are a good programmer (as I guess everyone in this board should be). What unix system (lunix distro or *bsd) would you use in order to satisfy your needs and proclaim a real Hacker of the Code?
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Anonymous2009-09-05 3:53
inb4 ubuntu. Stick it in your mind: it is *NOT* a distro for hackers.
If you want to be a hacker, keep reading. If you want to be a cracker, go read the alt.2600 newsgroup and get ready to do five to ten in the slammer after finding out you aren't as smart as you think you are. And that's all I'm going to say about crackers.
If you forget your pride and want a system that just works with no look-at-me-my-xterm-doesnt-work-because-it-was-not-configured-I-am-so-hardcore elitism, use Ubanto. If you want to have a harder life to prove that you can survive without tools that are given, use OpenBSD.
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Anonymous2009-09-05 6:38
>>8
hardcore elitism? i think not.
it's not difficult to get everything working properly.
it is typical of an ubanto user to be afraid of using a shell with a pretty GUI though.
>>12
Well, I use Ubantu, and I despise all front-ends to any and all CLI programmes. I tried PCBSD, and nothing was working when I got there and I had to spend several hours to make it work. I'm not saying that the default Ubantu config files are good, I'm saying that they are there (and will be sooner or later altered).
The worst thing about Ubantu is the community; while helpful when you're new, most of them are clueless when you ask a real-life (L)unix question.
>>17
ubuntu users are the FOSS equivalent of mac users
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Anonymous2009-09-05 10:32
>>1
When you're programming, all you need is your editor, a command line, and maybe some documentation. The first two can easily be the same program; all three are certainly the same program if you're using Emacs.
In any case, when you have those, you should not be distracted by the silly shit floating around the rest of your computer. No visible window system, no flying toaster alarm clocks, no wallpapers depicting an airbrushed Tara Reid sprawled out naked across a floatation device. Just your fingers, and the code, together in orgasmic harmony.
If you want to be a hacker, keep reading. If you want to be a cracker, go read the alt.2600 newsgroup and get ready to do five to ten in the slammer after finding out you aren't as smart as you think you are. And that's all I'm going to say about crackers.